Darren B. Lamb

Darren B. Lamb

July 22, 2008 @ 09:01

I guess this can be considered another breakthrough for FreddieP.ca.

I've received my first press release directly from a radio station. Usually the radio stuff I write is opinion, or something I've heard through my connections in the business, but yesterday I received an official press release from CTV announcing that Darren B. Lamb had joined the CHUM-FM morning show.

The contact is Greg McIsaac and he thinks enough of FreddieP. ca to consider this website a legitimate source of media news.

Touch me where it counts.

Thanks Greg

CHUM Radio Alert - July 21, 2008

Darren B. Lamb Joins 104.5 CHUM FM's Roger and Marilyn

Toronto's 104.5 CHUM FM announced today that popular radio personality Darren B. Lamb will join Roger and Marilyn every weekday morning. Lamb comes to Toronto's most listened to morning show after a five-year run as 104.5 CHUM FM's afternoon drive home host. Lamb will fill a variety of duties on Roger and Marilyn. He officially joins the team when Roger Ashby returns from vacation next week.

"Darren is a fantastic addition to Roger and Marilyn," said David Corey, Program director, 104.5 CHUM FM. "His sense of humour, love of music, and unique perspective on pop culture makes him a perfect fit with Roger and Marilyn."

Over the past five years, Darren's afternoon drive home show has consistently been the top-rated drive home program in the GTA. Prior to joining 104.5 CHUM FM, Darren was in Vancouver where he worked at several radio stations including Z95.3 (now know as Crave 95.3) where he hosted its popular morning show.

Roger and Marilyn airs on 104.5 CHUM FM weekday mornings at 5:30 to 9 am.

CHUM Radio is a division of CTVglobemedia, Canada's premier multimedia company with ownership of CTV, Canada's #1 television network, and The Globe and Mail, Canada's #1 national newspaper. CHUM Radio is one of Canada's most successful radio operations with 35 radio stations in 16 markets throughout Canada including CHUM FM, Canada's # 1 FM station.

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For more information, contact:
Greg McIsaac, CTV Inc., 416.332.5180 or gmcisaac@ctv.ca

Category: Radio

160 Responses to "Darren B. Lamb"

Argie
July 22, 2008 / 09:36

Fred: Please confirm for me that this posting is tongue in cheek. Does anyone care who CHUM hires as Rick Hodges replacement? Who besides the soccer moms out in Oakville listen to these old fogies? Really Fred.

Jason | GetYourOJ.com
July 22, 2008 / 10:28

And why would they add some random outsider to the morning show who the soccer moms might not like? Incidentally, Argue, I think they are all tuned to CHFI anyway.. just sayin'

Mike in Ottawa
July 22, 2008 / 10:42

Like anyone cares but here some more insider comment from Ottawa. Apparently, when Roger (Asby's) contract is up in a few years, it won't be renewed, that's the scoop. Chum wants to get someone younger but guess who in Ottawa wants Roger's job (like he has a prayer). That would be Kevin Nelson of Majic 100. He thinks they'll give him the job even though he's only a few years younger than Roger and both of them, Roger and Kevin, are equally tired ie. humour is old at best but mostly the same crap recycled over and over and over again.
The joke may be on Kevin because it looks like his contract may not be renewed either for the same reason, time to get someone younger...

Argie
July 22, 2008 / 10:58

Why is this country’s media dominated by very old men? No disrespect intended to the aged but come on!

We’ve got Lloyd ‘Don’t call me Floyd’ Robertson reading the news at night on CTV. There’s Bob Cole at HNIC (nuff said) and Roger Ashby who’s got to be in his late 60s. He worked at CHUM when the Beatles came to Toronto in the mid 1960s - I’m not kidding.

Reaper
July 22, 2008 / 11:11

Roger is 59 this year, he started on the air at CHUM in 1969, although spent a few years in the '70s working in the background

Megan
July 22, 2008 / 20:12

Darren is much better in the morning (especially with Maie Potts) than Roger and Marilyn. Way funnier and not as corny! More 'in touch'. I hope he dominates the morning show.

Sammi
July 23, 2008 / 09:05

Who cares!!!! It's all corporate crap anyway!!!

Sam
July 24, 2008 / 11:22

It was "Jungle Jay Nelson" (Frank Coxe) that was at Chum when the Beatles came to TO. Anyone actually remember him? The guy was good initially but ended up being such a drunken prima donna eventually moving every couple of years to different radio stations until at 54 he was washed up and no on would hire him. died alone adn forgotten 4 years later.

Following in his father's footsteps is Kevin "Nelson" in Ottawa. Too afraid to be his own man, and use his real name, but has to ride whatever coat tails his late father had., and, just like his father, a prima donna..., soon to be washed up for the same reasons.

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